Obituary · Scour

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Dr Ruth aimed to shake America out of its puritan ways

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Pål Enger never quite knew why he had to steal “The Scream”

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Ángeles Flórez Peón, “Maricuela”, made sure Spain did not forget its history

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Willie Mays’s philosophy was simple: They throw the ball, I hit the ball

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Birubala Rabha fought to end the stigmatisation of women

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William Anders took the photo that kicked off the environmental movement

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Barry Kemp spent his career digging up Akhenaten’s abandoned city

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June Mendoza captured both the famous and the unknown

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Ebrahim Raisi was obsessed with the security of the people

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Shirley Conran wrote a bonkbuster to teach schoolgirls about sex

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Anne Innis Dagg devoted her life to the world’s tallest creature

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Eleanor Coppola recorded how a cinematic triumph almost came unstuck

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Terry Anderson was held by Islamic militants for 2,454 days

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Akebono was the first foreign-born grand champion of sumo

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Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker

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Paul Alexander lived longer than anyone in an iron lung

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Amnon Weinstein turned grief into music again

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Frans de Waal taught the world that animals had emotions

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Toriyama Akira was probably Japan’s greatest manga master

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Iris Apfel became a fashion icon in her ninth decade

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